Posts tagged “grounded”

The earth below her feet was solid and deep and still, but she couldn’t feel it. She was scattered above to the four corners of the compass, dancing a tango in the east and a salsa in the west, exhausted and out of step, for who can dance without a body. Only a thin invisible silk ribbon held her to her centre, a stillness waiting for her to return. And how she wanted to; she reached for it, hand out stretched, grasping, almost clawing and then an updraft caught her and she was gone. And atop a cloud she found a pond, clear and crystal, her face reflected unmoving as she danced above. Lured within, she slipped deeply, falling back to her…